Castle - 29 pictures

Advanced Photoshop Contest - 29 entries

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Contest Info

Started: 8/6/2009 13:00

Ended: 8/9/2009 17:00

Level: advanced

Entries: 29

Jackpot:

$5

$3

$2

$1

Contest Directions:
This Thursday we continue our freaking experiment with provided source images.
Photoshop this castle image (click to download) any way you wish.
Some examples are - designing a poster with this castle, putting the castle man into some new environment, movies, paintings, etc. These are just some ideas.
Many thanks to SidKain for providing the source photo.

Contest Info

The idea is really good, indeed, but it's a little bit too blurry (even in full size).

I would not have painted the sky with this color (or I would have painted the castle with a warmer color then, such as light brown or terracotta, for instance). But it's only a matter of personal tastes, of course!

In my humble opinion, you should fix (it doesn't require too much time) the color of the side of the castle though. It should be darker than the main facade, considering the location of the main light source.

What you've done is not easy work and it's really a cool chop anyway!

have to agree with Paul, somehow you have lost detail in the castle, the masking at the bottom of the castle is cropped, especially to the right and the trees should have been burned a little or masked better, still some white around them. nice idea though.

Very good entry. I would have made the fairy's butterfly wings with more cyan than blue, but it's just my personal taste of course...

Rigth now, you could squeeze another half point out of me.But, I'm glad there is no halfpoint! lol

Quality work. I like how you made this a castle in moon light. Looks believable

Agree with newsy about the the moon lighting on the castle looks great.

And just a friendly tip for the fairy - use dragonfly wings. They look more convincing. I used the same fairy source in a recent chop and have done a couple others since. Dragonfly wings work best I find.

Nice chop, but in my humble opinion, it would be even better without the top and bottom dark borders, and if the castle were made in the same (or more similar) color than the concretions (stalagmites and stalactites).

ahh, the top peices were done to represent a movie screen and keep a "matte painting" look, and i semi agree with the colour change but then i thought the centre peice becomes too subtle.... i may try going halfway with the blending though, cheers

[Edited by User on 8/7/2009 11:36:52 PM]

nice lighting, lover the widescreen you gave it as well.

Nice lighting indeed!Me still thinks it'd be better without top and bottom black borders though!